I was recently invited to a friend’s home on a Wine Wednesday to share some ghost stories . She thought a live version of my #humpdayhaunts series (on Instagram) would pair well with wine. This was my first time being a “guest speaker” on a paranormal subject, so I was very anxious! I decided to narrow… Continue reading In My Commonplace Book: Two Mausoleums and a Bottle of Wine
Recently on Twitter, I was talking with a few of you about Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997-2002). For those unfamiliar with this television show: each episode shared supernatural stories, then revealed whether the stories were fact or fiction at the end of the episode. My favorite story from the show, “The Secret of the Family Tomb,” was… Continue reading The 5 Scariest Mausoleums in America
Claude Herbert, having just returned home from the Spanish-American War, desperately needed a job to care for his newly-widowed mother. Luckily, the Havens and Geddes Department Store was in need of a Santa Claus. Located on Fifth and Wabash in Terre Haute, Indiana, the store was the largest department store in Indiana and took up… Continue reading Santa Claude, A Hoosier Hero & Ghost
I recently shared two haunted cemetery statues on my Instagram during my weekly #humpdayhaunts post. This took me down a spooky rabbit hole on the internet. View this post on Instagram I know, I'm very late with #humpdayhaunts. SImply put: I've been tired! But I'm here now with two haunted cemetery statues from Texas (see… Continue reading More Haunted Cemetery Statues in the United States
This past weekend, I visited Mount Hope Cemetery in Logansport, Indiana. The city is named for James Renick-Logan (“Captain Logan”), a scout (of debated background) who served under William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812. When it was incorporated in 1838, they chose the name Logan’s Port as the city was a port on… Continue reading Indiana Cemeteries: Mount Hope
I have gained some new followers on social media, so I thought I might spend some time diving into the archives. Y’all have missed a lot! Don’t worry, I’ll catch you up… This week, let’s revisit some posts on spooky Indiana! Six Haunted Bridges in Indiana They say there’s more than corn in Indiana. It’s… Continue reading 5 from the Archives: Haunted Indiana
In elementary school, our music teacher played a 1980s PBS cartoon set to Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre” on Halloween. The cartoon began with a statue of a cloaked skeleton coming to life after sunset, using his instrument to summon skeletons from their graves. Since then, I have always imagined the statues I see in cemeteries becoming animated at… Continue reading Haunted Cemetery Statues in the United States
My current obsession is looking up photographs of cats in cemeteries, a marriage of my two obsessions. I am not sure what happens after death, but I like the idea of cats hanging out near my grave (maybe even howe sitting on it). As I have explored in a past post, cats are associated with death… Continue reading In My Commonplace Book: Cemetery Cats
Kira Butler from The Midnight Society recently posted her cemetery bucket list, which inspired me to create my own list in my commonplace book. My list is strictly American cemeteries (for now), because mama is broke. Below is my list, which is always growing. Many were chosen because they are reportedly haunted (of course). Am I missing any must-see… Continue reading My Cemetery Bucket List (Ongoing)
The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited. – Stephen King, Bag of Bones One year ago today, I wrote my first post for Notebook of Ghosts. People always ask where the name of the blog came from. I have always kept commonplace books about the occult and wanted to translate this very personal activity to… Continue reading One Year Later: A Reflection
Notebook of Ghosts 